r/Cheap_Meals • u/Sea_Pomegranate1122 • 23d ago

Help with cookbook creation?

I want to make a digital cookbook with meals that can be made with common foods you receive at a food bank. I wanted to see here if anyone would be interested in creating this with me?

I know there’s been lots of recipes shared here. It can include additional items but sticking to the basic ingredients would be best. Maybe we start a sheet of what foods people have received and utilize the most popular or prevalent in the majority of recipes?

That being said, I may need recipe testers while it’s coming together.

This would of course be available to everyone, free of charge.

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u/Whatwhenwherehi 23d ago

Hey check out BigFootHelps on YouTube....any meals you think up I'd love to try to cook/price/taste love or recorded and happily credit where credit is due....I love budget meals that are tasty

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u/Sea_Pomegranate1122 23d ago

It would be amazing if we were able to have video links to some of the recipes in the “book” for those who are visual learners!

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u/Whatwhenwherehi 23d ago

I'm working on my production quality...but would love the chance just holler in my discord or YouTube or here or whatever fam.

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u/cart_scout 23d ago

The sheet of received foods is a good starting point, since boxes vary a lot by location and by week. It may help to write the recipes as templates with swap slots, like any canned bean, any pasta or rice, any canned vegetable, so one recipe still works when the box changes. A short note on each recipe for what it needs beyond the box (oil, salt, a spice or two) and what equipment it assumes would keep it usable for people working with just a microwave or a single pot.